Pedro Velez

Pedro Velez (28 July 1787-5 August 1848) was President of Mexico from 23 to 31 December 1829, succeeding Jose Maria Bocanegra and preceding Anastasio Bustamante. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Mexico.

Biography
Pedro Velez was born in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, New Spain in 1787, and he worked as a lawyer before serving as Minister of Justice and Minister of Religious Affairs in an independent Mexico. He served as President of the Supreme Court under President Vicente Guerrero and, in 1829, he was appointed interim President after the overthrow of Guerrero and Bocanegra during Anastasio Bustamante's coup. On 31 December 1829, Bustamante assumed the presidency, and Velez returned to being a lawyer and then a Supreme Court justice from 1844 to 1846. He died in 1848.